Vermont fire chiefs elect officers at 85th conference
Manchester Assistant chief Edward L. Hopkins Jr. was elected second vice president of the Vermont State Firefighters Association at Rutland meeting. Howard Dailey and Robert Paul won regional posts. Rosaire Longe becomes president. Comar and Babcock honored as Fireman and Fire Chief of the Year. Delegates authorized study for a National Volunteer Firemen’s Association and dues rose to 3 dollars.
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Manchester
Edward L. Hopkins Jr
Vermont
Robert M. Simon
East Montpelier
Clarence E. Comar
VSFA
Wayne Babcock
Washington
Robert King
Elks Club
Comar
Vsfa Ladies Auxiliary
Roxie Allen
South Burlington
Congress
Fire Safety Advisory Council
Robert Bohlmann
Vermont Yankee
J. Paul Sturtevant
Division of Occupational Safety For
Paul
Dorset Community Calendar Highlights Weekly Events
Dorset Calendar lists meetings and events from Monday through Sunday. Includes Selectmen’s meeting, DNA theatre benefit, Well-child clinic, WICS enrollment, Story Theatre at Dorset Playhouse, school board meeting on transportation policy, firemen carnival, Torchlight Motel events, and a Sunday flea market with multiple listings. Contains phone numbers and venue names such as Dorset United Church and East Dorset Firemen Carnival.
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Selectmen’s Meeting
Dorset Nursing Association
Dorset United Church
D.N.A
Story Theatre
Dorset Playhouse
Dorset Board of School Directors
Dorset
Dorset School District
East Dorset Firemen
East Dorset Firemen Carnival
East Dorset
Marlboro College receives $2620 grant for southern Vermont symposia
The Vermont Council on the Humanities and Public Issues awards Marlboro College and Vermont Tomorrow a $2,620 matching grant to host five environmental symposia in Marlboro. Leading experts will discuss alternate energy, land use, nuclear power, transportation, and food and population trends with public access.
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Marlboro
Vermont Council On the Humanities and Public Issues
Marlboro College
Vermont Tomorrow
Vermont
John W. Hayes
Hyde Park
Victor R. Swenson
Vermont Council and the Humanities and Public Issues
New England
Vermont Council On the Humanities
National Endowment For the Humanities
Congress
Council
P.O. Box
Hoosick Falls Community Notes and Legal Update
Hoosick Falls Edith Beaumont 686 9103 more than 100 senior citizens attended a picnic at the Village Waterworks recreation area for Hoosick Area Senior Citizens. Hoosick Post American Legion Auxiliary members and families held a Sunday picnic at the same site. The Legion plans a student Patriotism speech contest. Don Wittenburg of Eagle Bridge leads the program. Franklin Ruggles of 150 North Street Bennington was arrested Friday for driving with a revoked license. bail set at 100 dollars, to appear August 21 before Justice William Fitzpatrick. Ruggles, released from county jail in May after arson-related prior conviction, had prior NYS license revocation for earlier violations. The Hoosick Misses Softball League All-Stars were eliminated from the New York State competition in Ravena, losing to Saratoga and Schenectowa. First-year league faced stronger opponents from larger leagues. A banquet and trophy ceremony for the Hoosick Misses Softball League is tentatively planned for October.
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Village Waterworks Recreation Area
Hoosick Area
Franklin Ruggles
North Street
Bennington
Rensselaer County
William Fitzpatrick
Ruggles
New York State
Qian
Hoosick Misses
New York
Ravena
Saratoga
Schenendeltowa
Community Notices Across Arlington Week Schedule
Monday events include WWI Veterans meeting at Legion rooms Arlington at 2 p.m. and a National League vs American League game at 6 p.m. Tuesday features AA gathering at St Margaret Mary's Hall at 7:30 p.m. and American Legion Auxiliary at Legion rooms at 8 p.m. Wednesday has a zoning board meeting at Town Hall at 7:30 p.m. Saturday hosts Battenkill Grange social at the Grange hall. County sports require high school physicals on Aug 22 for girls at 9:30 a.m. and boys at 10 a.m.
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Veterans of
Battenkill Grange
Grange Hall
W. Ar
Leahy backs full Watergate inquiry in Senate bid
Vermont senator Patrick J. Leahy, seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, urged that Watergate’s inquest proceed fully. He called Nixon’s resignation a mixed result, pressed for full disclosure, and urged Congress not to shield Nixon from prosecution while supporting President Ford’s focus on current national problems. Leahy faces challenger Nathaniel Frothingham of Randolph.
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Burlington
Patrick J. Leahy
U.S. Senate
Richard M. Nixon
Leahy
Congress
Nixon
All Americans
Ford
Nathaniel Frothingham
Randolph
Bi state plan to create Lake Champlain water quality agency
New York and Vermont officials proposed a bi state agency to improve Lake Champlain water quality. Vermont Secretary Martin Johnson and New York DEC Commissioner James Biggane spoke at the Lake Champlain Committee meeting. Johnson criticized Vermont’s environmental record while Biggane cited a 180000 trout loss from columnaris disease at Lake George Fortsville Hatchery.
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Ferrisburg
UPI
Lake Champlain
New York
Vermont
Martin Johnson
Vermont Environmental Conservation Agency
Johnson
James Biggane
New York Department of Environmental Conservation
Biggane
Lake George Fortsville Hatchery
Abbott backs NFO plan pledge at Addison County fair
Martha Abbott Liberty Union candidate for governor endorsed the National Farm Organization proposal to base farm product pricing on production costs. She told supporters that current pricing is absurd and unfair, noting dairy farmers in Vermont lose money as costs rise while prices lag.
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New Haven
Martha Abbott
Liberty Union
National Farm Organization
Addison County
Abbott
Vermont
Vermont man to face court in wife slaying at home
John Lehto 65 of Bridgewater was to appear in Vermont District Court today in the Sunday gunshot slaying of his wife Blanche 53 at their rural home near White River Junction. Police arrested Lehto after the 11 am shooting and Blanche died from back wounds at Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover New Hampshire.
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White River Junction
UPI
John Lehto
Bridgewater
Vermont
Blanche
Here
Lehto
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Hanover
N.H
New York Telephone unions hope for local settlement
Albany reports good prospects for settlement between New York Telephone Co and two unions over 2,500 upstate workers after talks amid a national wage and benefit package. Locally workers seek upgraded job classifications higher mileage reimbursement and overtime changes.
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Albany
New York Telephone Co
Bell System
Dorothy Terpenning
The
Telephone Commercial Union
Lead Poisoned Child In North Adams Apartment
North Adams resident lead poisoning case centers on an apartment owned by Mayor Joseph Bianco. Western Massachusetts Legal Services asks city code enforcement to inspect peeling paint and lack of hot water. Bianco says he rented to an elderly couple 18 months ago and did not know a child lived there. He questions whether the poison came from his unit.
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North Adams
Western Massachusetts Legal Services
Joseph R. Bianco
Legal Service
Bianco
Springfield Union
GE lays off 87 amid walkout at Pittsfield plant
General Electric dismissed 87 workers in the distribution transformer department in Pittsfield after a walkout by 10 fabricators who began last Monday to press for job re evaluations and higher pay. A union meeting with the workers was set for today.
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Pittsfield
General Electric
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Walter B. Read
Norwich University
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Alfred H. Koltowski
Rutland Fire Department
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Putney
Bennington Rural
Shaftsbury
Williston
Readsboro
Cazbridge
Joan Colgan
Environment Symposia
Rite Aid
Genool
Reg
King
Pall Mall
Chesterfield
Herbert Tareyton
Skap
Breck
Abe Safets
Lenrcn
Breck Seamion
Desitin
Alberto
Main St
Hoosick Falls
Edith Beaumont
Arlington
Helene Thompson
Archie Hess
Ashburnham, Mass
Eino Sankari
ST. Louis
Cathedral of
North America
Bennington, VT
Troy
Capital District Transportation Authority
Senior Citizens Center
Down In
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